PSYCHOLOGY 121 FINAL EXAM:
MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(RATED A+)
The idea that human behavior is influenced by unconscious forces that are outside of
a person's awareness (particularly sexual and aggressive forces) is advocated by
which area of psychology:
A. behaviorism
B. structuralism
C. humanism
D. cognitive psychology
E. psychoanalysis - ANSWERE. psychoanalysis
Which of the following correlation coefficients expresses the strongest relationship
between levels of stress and likelihood of cancer?
A. -.79
B. .60
C. .32
D. .10
E. .90 - ANSWERE. .90
The only research method that can be used to draw a cause and effect relationship
between two variables is:
A. Correlation
B. Case study
C. Experiment
D. Naturalistic observation
E. Survey - ANSWERC. Experiment
A researcher examines the effects of type of class on learning. He randomly assigns
students to either
a blended class or a traditional class. At the end of the semester, he compared their
performance on a
measure of learning. Which of the following is the independent variable?
A. The learning measure
B. The type of class
C. The control group
D. The traditional class
E. The blended class - ANSWERB. The type of class
,Often the easiest way for a person to cope with the unpleasant state associated with
cognitive dissonance is to
A. Change his or her attitudes
B. Lie about his or her
behaviors
C. Engage in groupthink
D. Continue the discrepant
behavior - ANSWERA. Change his or her attitudes
When people explain the behavior of others, there is a tendency to overestimate the
role of personal
factors and underestimate the role of the situation. This bias is called the
A. Fundamental attribution error
B. Central route to persuasion
C. Peripheral route to
persuasion
D. Self-serving bias - ANSWERA. Fundamental attribution error
Following his initial experiment, Stanley Milgram manipulated several factors in his
study of obedience. Obedience levels dropped when
A. The experimenter was replaced
with an ordinary person
B. He moved the study to the
prestigious campus of Yale
University
C. The experimenter issued his
commands in person
D. Research participants were in a
separate room away from the
learner. - ANSWERA. The experimenter was replaced with an ordinary person
This temporary storage system holds seven or so items of information for about
twenty seconds. Which memory is it?
A. Sensory
B. Long-term
C. Short-term
D. Iconic - ANSWERC. Short-term
Knowledge of who the first person to walk on the moon was is probably stored in:
A. episodic memory.
B. semantic memory.
C. implicit memory.
D. procedural memory.
E. short term memory - ANSWERB. Semantic memory
,Which of the following is NOT an example of recall?
A. Answering an essay question on
an English test
B. Remembering a friend's name
when asked by another person
C. Answering a question on a
multiple choice test correctly
D. Remembering where you placed
your car keys
E. Filling in the blanks of
information on a college
application. - ANSWERC. Answering a question on a multiple choice test correctly
Julie first learned French, then she learned Spanish. However, she finds that often
times when she speaks French, Spanish words seem to creep in. This is an example
of _______________. \
A. retroactive interference
B. proactive interference
C. memory trace
D. constructive processing
E. levels of processing - ANSWERA. Retroactive interference
The part of the neuron responsible for carrying the neural message from one end to
the other is the:
A. Soma
B. Dendrite
C. Axon
D. Glial cells
E. Myelin - ANSWERC. Axon
The gap between neurons is called a(n)
A. Synapse
B. Receptor
C. Threshold
D. Axon terminal - ANSWERA. Synapse
This section of the nervous system is responsible for calming the body after a
stressful response:
A. Sympathetic
B. Central
C. Parasympathetic
D. Autonomic
E. Sensory neurons - ANSWERC. Parasympathetic
, This area of the brain is responsible for higher mental functions, such as planning,
personality, memory, and decision making:
A. Temporal lobes
B. Parietal lobes
C. Frontal lobes
D. Occipital lobes
E. Motor cortex - ANSWERC. Frontal lobes
The smallest difference between two stimuli that is detectable 50 percent of the time
is called:
A. Absolute threshold
B. Just noticeable difference
C. Subliminal perception
D. Habituation
E. Sensory adaptation - ANSWERB. Just noticeable difference
The __________ forms the rear multilayer part of the eye and its function is to
transform patterns of
light into images that the brain can use.
A. Vitreous humor
B. Retina
C. Lens
D. Pupil - ANSWERB. Retina
The ___________________ theory proposes that the combination of red, blue, and
green cones and
rate at which they fire determines what color will be seen.
A. opponent-process
theory
B. trichromatic theory
C. light adaptation
D. dark adaptation
E. afterimage theory - ANSWERB. Trichromatic theory
The part(s) of the eye that can only detect black and white and shades of gray is/are
called:
A. Cones
B. Rods
C. Vitreous humor
D. Pupil
E. Iris - ANSWERB. Rods
In one of Pavlov's studies, he trained a dog to salivate in response to a buzzer by
repeatedly sounding a buzzer before placing food in the dog's mouth. The buzzer
became a(n) __________, and the salivation to the sound of the buzzer became
MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(RATED A+)
The idea that human behavior is influenced by unconscious forces that are outside of
a person's awareness (particularly sexual and aggressive forces) is advocated by
which area of psychology:
A. behaviorism
B. structuralism
C. humanism
D. cognitive psychology
E. psychoanalysis - ANSWERE. psychoanalysis
Which of the following correlation coefficients expresses the strongest relationship
between levels of stress and likelihood of cancer?
A. -.79
B. .60
C. .32
D. .10
E. .90 - ANSWERE. .90
The only research method that can be used to draw a cause and effect relationship
between two variables is:
A. Correlation
B. Case study
C. Experiment
D. Naturalistic observation
E. Survey - ANSWERC. Experiment
A researcher examines the effects of type of class on learning. He randomly assigns
students to either
a blended class or a traditional class. At the end of the semester, he compared their
performance on a
measure of learning. Which of the following is the independent variable?
A. The learning measure
B. The type of class
C. The control group
D. The traditional class
E. The blended class - ANSWERB. The type of class
,Often the easiest way for a person to cope with the unpleasant state associated with
cognitive dissonance is to
A. Change his or her attitudes
B. Lie about his or her
behaviors
C. Engage in groupthink
D. Continue the discrepant
behavior - ANSWERA. Change his or her attitudes
When people explain the behavior of others, there is a tendency to overestimate the
role of personal
factors and underestimate the role of the situation. This bias is called the
A. Fundamental attribution error
B. Central route to persuasion
C. Peripheral route to
persuasion
D. Self-serving bias - ANSWERA. Fundamental attribution error
Following his initial experiment, Stanley Milgram manipulated several factors in his
study of obedience. Obedience levels dropped when
A. The experimenter was replaced
with an ordinary person
B. He moved the study to the
prestigious campus of Yale
University
C. The experimenter issued his
commands in person
D. Research participants were in a
separate room away from the
learner. - ANSWERA. The experimenter was replaced with an ordinary person
This temporary storage system holds seven or so items of information for about
twenty seconds. Which memory is it?
A. Sensory
B. Long-term
C. Short-term
D. Iconic - ANSWERC. Short-term
Knowledge of who the first person to walk on the moon was is probably stored in:
A. episodic memory.
B. semantic memory.
C. implicit memory.
D. procedural memory.
E. short term memory - ANSWERB. Semantic memory
,Which of the following is NOT an example of recall?
A. Answering an essay question on
an English test
B. Remembering a friend's name
when asked by another person
C. Answering a question on a
multiple choice test correctly
D. Remembering where you placed
your car keys
E. Filling in the blanks of
information on a college
application. - ANSWERC. Answering a question on a multiple choice test correctly
Julie first learned French, then she learned Spanish. However, she finds that often
times when she speaks French, Spanish words seem to creep in. This is an example
of _______________. \
A. retroactive interference
B. proactive interference
C. memory trace
D. constructive processing
E. levels of processing - ANSWERA. Retroactive interference
The part of the neuron responsible for carrying the neural message from one end to
the other is the:
A. Soma
B. Dendrite
C. Axon
D. Glial cells
E. Myelin - ANSWERC. Axon
The gap between neurons is called a(n)
A. Synapse
B. Receptor
C. Threshold
D. Axon terminal - ANSWERA. Synapse
This section of the nervous system is responsible for calming the body after a
stressful response:
A. Sympathetic
B. Central
C. Parasympathetic
D. Autonomic
E. Sensory neurons - ANSWERC. Parasympathetic
, This area of the brain is responsible for higher mental functions, such as planning,
personality, memory, and decision making:
A. Temporal lobes
B. Parietal lobes
C. Frontal lobes
D. Occipital lobes
E. Motor cortex - ANSWERC. Frontal lobes
The smallest difference between two stimuli that is detectable 50 percent of the time
is called:
A. Absolute threshold
B. Just noticeable difference
C. Subliminal perception
D. Habituation
E. Sensory adaptation - ANSWERB. Just noticeable difference
The __________ forms the rear multilayer part of the eye and its function is to
transform patterns of
light into images that the brain can use.
A. Vitreous humor
B. Retina
C. Lens
D. Pupil - ANSWERB. Retina
The ___________________ theory proposes that the combination of red, blue, and
green cones and
rate at which they fire determines what color will be seen.
A. opponent-process
theory
B. trichromatic theory
C. light adaptation
D. dark adaptation
E. afterimage theory - ANSWERB. Trichromatic theory
The part(s) of the eye that can only detect black and white and shades of gray is/are
called:
A. Cones
B. Rods
C. Vitreous humor
D. Pupil
E. Iris - ANSWERB. Rods
In one of Pavlov's studies, he trained a dog to salivate in response to a buzzer by
repeatedly sounding a buzzer before placing food in the dog's mouth. The buzzer
became a(n) __________, and the salivation to the sound of the buzzer became
